Considering urban tourism in strategic spatial planning

This paper addresses how strategic spatial planning is considering urban tourism, a phenomenon that has an increasing impact on the development of cities. A research approach interlinking urban tourism and spatial planning is conceptualised based on responsiveness theory and applied to a case study...

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Main Authors: David Klepej, Naja Marot
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-11-01
Series:Annals of Tourism Research Empirical Insights
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666957924000181
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Summary:This paper addresses how strategic spatial planning is considering urban tourism, a phenomenon that has an increasing impact on the development of cities. A research approach interlinking urban tourism and spatial planning is conceptualised based on responsiveness theory and applied to a case study of ten medium-sized Central European cities. Descriptive statistical analysis of the presence of tourism in cities and policy analysis of strategic spatial planning documents enable a comparison analysis of the level of consideration of tourism alongside screening of proposed tourism-related measures. The paper reveals that strategic spatial planning documents are not responsive enough to tourism growth, and there is a lack of strategic measures steering towards sustainable tourism development in cities.
ISSN:2666-9579